Miscellaneous Structures

Kai + Noun - Words for the roles/jobs people take

E.g. Waiata/song - Kaiwaiata/singer

Mahi/work - Kaimahi/worker

Hei mahi:

1. Follow this link and read through the notes on adding the prefix 'kai' to a verb to indicate a persons role/job.
2. Copy the notes and examples into your book.
3. Go to the top of page 49 of the Te Pihinga textbook and read the notes on 'kai + noun'
4. Add any helpful notes from Te Pihinga to the notes in your book, and copy the examples into your book.
5. Follow this link and complete the activity below the notes.
6. Copy 5 examples of 'kai' from activity 5 into your book.
7. Using 'he' to describe, write 6 x 'he kai+verb + noun' sentences in your book about people you know. For example, you could write - 'he kaihanga tōku matua' - my dad is a builder OR 'he kaiwaiata a Braxton' - Braxton is a singer.

Mā - and others, and company, and the rest

E.g. Tēnā koutou, e Mere mā / Hello, Mary and others

E hoa mā / friends

Hei mahi:

1. Copy the following notes into your book:

'Mā'

If you want to greet or refer to more than once person, you can use 'mā' to say - and others, and company, and the rest. This particle indicates the inclusion of others whom it is not necessary to specify. With terms of address it merely indicates the plural.

E.g. Tēnā koutou, e Mere mā / Hello, Mary and others

Tēnā koutou, tamariki mā / Greetings, children

2. Follow this link, and watch the video (up to 3:30 minutes ONLY). As you watch the video, copy 5 of the examples of 'mā' sentences into your book.

Using - 'Whaka'

E.g. Titiro whakarunga / look upwards!

Whakapākehātia ēnei pukapuka / translate to English these books

Hei Mahi:

1. The prefix 'whaka' can be used in several different ways. Using this website (link), or the notes on page 111-112 of the Te Kākano textbook (notes start at the bottom of the page), copy the notes and examples on the different ways to use 'whaka.' Note: You do not need to copy the entire first paragraph of notes, just copy the last 2 lines (same for webpage or textbook notes). When you copy the notes, ensure you leave a line in between each of the different uses, so your notes are clear.
2. Follow this link and complete the translation activity below the notes. For this task, you need to reorder the words so the sentence makes sense. Once you have finished the task, copy 6 of the completed sentences into your book (Māori and English).

Momo/Tūmomo - 'Types' of things/people

E.g. He momo kūri tērā / That is a type of dog

He tino koretake tērā momo tangata / That kind of person is quite useless

Hei Mahi:

1. Follow this link and read the notes on using 'momo/tūmomo' to talk about different types/kinds of things or people (notes also Te Pihinga pg7)
2. Copy the notes and examples into you book.
3. Complete the translation activity below the notes, then copy 4 examples from the activity (plus their English translations) into your book.
4. Using the context of your favourite extra-curricular activity, write 5 x 'momo/tūmomo' sentences of your own in your book. Once finished, get into pairs and read aloud each of your sentences to your partner. Your partner needs to listen to your sentence, and then try to translate aloud, what you said into English.

Ai - to indicate habitual action

E.g Haere ai rātou ki te oneone / They go to the beach regularly

Totohe ai rāua / They argue regularly

Hei Mahi:

1. The word 'ai' has many uses. For this use, it indicates that something is donr regukaryl/
2. Using the Te Pihinga textbook, read through the notes on page 8 about using 'ai' to indicate something happening regularly.
3. Copy the following notes:

• The word 'ai' in this context is used to indicate the something is done regularly.
• The 'ai' always comes directly after the verb in these sentences, for example: Haere ai rātou ki te marae ia rā, ia rā / They go to the marae regularly.

4. Copy the examples from page 8 into your book under your notes.

5. Think about activities that you do regularly. Using yourself or you and your whanau/friends as the people completing the action, write 6 x 'ai' sentences about your regular activities in your book.

6. Get into groups of 3 or 4, and collect a mini whiteboard and whiteboard pen each. In your group, take turns at reading aloud one of your 'ai' sentences. As they listen, the rest of your group has to write in English on their whiteboard, what they think you said (i.e translate your sentence). Each person must show you their sentence, and if they get it right after 2 attempts or less, they get a point. The person with the most points at the end of the task (everyone has read aloud all 6 of their sentences), gets a prize from the teacher.

Āta - a particle used to show care, deliberation or thoroughness of an action

E.g. Āta haere e Tama, kei taka koe / Go carefully/slowly boy, lest you fall

Āta pānui te pukapuka, he uaua te reo / Read the book carefully, the language is difficult

Hei mahi:

1. Click on the following link to access your online resource book for the kaupapa 'Ko au' - Yr 12 Online Resource Book 1
2. Find the 'Āta' worksheet, there are pair activities on this worksheet so buddy up with someone in your year group.
3. Complete the worksheet activities in your school book
4. Follow this link, add any helpful notes from it to your book.
5. Complete the activities on the webpage below the notes, then add 3 completed examples to your book.

Hei - ‘for, ‘as’, ‘to’, ‘as a means of’ and ‘to be used as’

E.g. Hei aha te naihi? / What is the knife for?

Hei tapahi mīti te naihi / The knife is for cutting meat

Hei Mahi:

1. Follow this link to read notes on the word 'hei' and its uses. Note the comparisons between 'hei' and 'i, ki, kei'. Hei is different to these words because there is a future purpose implied with 'hei'. It is used to denote purpose or intention. (Notes also available in Te Kākano pg 76, Te Pihinga pg 148).
2. Copy the notes and examples into your book.
3. Complete the translation activity below the notes, then copy 3 sentence examples from the activity into your book.
4. Using the Reo Māori o Nāianei 1 textbook, complete Mahi 190 on page 107. Once you have translated all of the sentences, check the answers in the back of the textbook.
5. In your book, write 6 'hei aha' questions in Māori and English, that are about activities that would take place in the home (e.g. to do with general household activities). You must also write the answer you would expect to each of your questions, for example: Q: Hei aha tērā wai wera? A: Hei horoia i ngā rihi / What is that water for? It is for washing the dishes.
6. Get into groups of 3 or 4, and take turns at asking each other your 'hei aha' questions. The people in your group must try to answer your question appropriately. If they do not get the answer right, they must keep trying until one of them says the correct answer. Keep going until all of you have asked your 6 questions, and had them answered correctly.